Kennedi Carter - United Arts Council

Kennedi Carter- United Arts Council

March 1 - 28, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION MARCH 1, 6-8PM!

United Arts Council
410 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27603

A Durham, North Carolina native by way of Dallas Texas, Kennedi Carter is a fine art photographer, retoucher and creative director with a primary focus on Black subjects. Her work highlights the aesthetics of sociopolitical aspects of blackness as well as the overlooked beauties of the black experience as a whole: skin, texture, trauma, peace, love and community. Her work aims to reinvent notions of creativity and confidence in the realm of blackness. 

First Annual Midtown Banner Art Contest

PURPOSE
The Midtown Raleigh Alliance (MRA) is a tax-exempt non-profit community organization. One of the mission goals of the organization is to enhance Midtown’s community appeal for residents and businesses and create an irresistible destination for visitors. As such the organization has focused on bringing more types of art to areas of Midtown. Several installations and exhibits exist currently in Midtown, interactive and passive – with more planned for the Wake Forest Road as part of new development projects.

The MRA and Capital Bank are sponsoring the First Annual Midtown Banner Art Contest. The MRA currently places banners in 26 locations of Midtown along St. Albans Road, Wake Forest Road and Six Forks Road. Our current design is a simple graphic with the words Midtown Raleigh diagonally across a multi-colored background. Upon the completion of the Banner Art Contest, the winning design will be printed on banners and hung in place of the current banners. The contest winner will be awarded a cash prize of $1000. (This same type of banner art contest was done about 10 years ago along Blount Street by the Downtown Raleigh Alliance.) Online information can be found here.

Right-of-Way (ROW) requirements restrict the use any sponsor logos on signs hung in the city-owned right-of-way, therefore only the design and the words “2019 Midtown Raleigh Banner Art” will appear on the banner.

DESIGN TEAM
Midtown Raleigh was created after the re-visioning of large areas around the 440/Six Forks Road interchange known as North Hills. Over the past twenty years the success of this and other projects has given new life to a dense, walkable, vibrant, and innovative community of businesses, neighborhoods, parks, schools, and churches. This area also boasts world-class healthcare from Duke Raleigh and unique retail and dining brands. Midtown offers a lot – it also inspires a lot.

Three selected finalists will use their design to complete the sentence

“Midtown Inspires ______________”.

SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS
We are asking artists to submit no more than five (5) samples that reflect the artist’s style.

There is a $10 submittal fee per artist. To make the submission, first, visit the payment page here, and then send your art samples to Emily Holton at the email below. Payment can also be made thru Paypal, the email address to pay is trobbins@midtownraleighalliance.org

When submitting examples artists should consider that reviewers will be looking for samples of work that would adapt well to visibility from a 13’ high pole. These banners will never be seen ‘UP CLOSE’. Graphics file types accepted: jpg, pdf. png., (no ai files please)

Please email samples files to Emily Holton at eholton@midtownraleighalliance.org

Include your name, address, and a good contact number.

Sample submission deadline is March 4th. Finalists will be notified by March 12th. Selected finalists will submit their contest entry by April 3rd. The winning artist will be notified by April 9th. The design will be sent to production printed on banners and installed on Midtown Pole locations. Our target date for banner installation is the first week of May.

SPECS
The banners are produced on heavy-duty vinyl with a slightly shiny surface. As per Duke Power requirements for wind-load, there will be four (4) half- moon shaped slits in the banner itself. The Banners that hang have 29” x 60” total visible space. The design will be placed at the upper portion of the banner taking up 29” x 50”, leaving the bottom 10” for verbiage identifying the banner as part of the 2019 Midtown Banner Art Contest.  See below:

Beyond Despair: An Environmental Art Exhibition

February 22 - June 22

National Humanities Center
7 TW Alexander Rd.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

This exhibition juried by Joshua White, photographer and professor at Appalachian State University, asked artists to present and showcase work about, including, and referencing the environment. This exhibition is in partnership with the National Humanities Center and will be exhibited during their conference, Beyond Despair, April 3-5, 2019.

Artists and Selected Works
Claire Alexandre - Resistance
Stephanie Bagwell - Changing Tides
Rick Bennett - South Saunders Street
William Breazeale - Stripped Clean
Justin Cook - Jean Hooper at Her Family Cemetery Threatened by Sea Level Rise on The Outer Banks
Sara Dean - Climate Compass
Naomi Falk - While We Were Sleeping
Lee Fearnside - Nexus Pipeline #5
Caroline Hohenrath - Blue Landscape
Emilie Hoke - Surface 8
Jean Kaplan - Migration
Daniel Kariko - Salt Water Intrusion, Louisiana
Rachel Kosbab - Remnant 2
Jim Lee Mantis - Shrine #4, The Decommissioning: Even the Survivors will Die
Emily Ligon - Encroachment
George Lorio - Hand Impression
Cameron Luck - Teach a man to overfish
Randy McNamara - wave acction
Jeffrey Murphy, Hummingbirds
Chris Ogden - Remaining Values (toxic beauty copper mining leftovers), Trading Our Trusts (utah wilderness)
M.A. Papanek-Miller - Preparing for Winter: " If they could not defend themselves they were bound to be conquered"
Delphine Peller - Remembering
Thomas Pickarski - Ice Pattern
Jennifer Printz - Woven Firmament, Intricacies and Colossi
Katie Ree - Eno River 24
Vicki Rees - Power Grab
Laurie Riccadonna - Throw-Away
Shushana Rucker - South Philadelphia Refinery
Eric Saunders - Flooded Beach No. 1
Lauren Scavo-Fulk - Building and Tree
Mary Storms - Back of Beyond
Knic Umstead - Lady Slipper
Anne Willson - Double Pod
  
  

Arsis Fruritch - United Arts Council

Arsis Fruritch- United Arts Council

Februray 1 - 28, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION FEBRUARY 1, 6-8PM!

United Arts Council
410 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27603

SCOPE '19

SCOPE ‘19

Exhibit dates: January 15-July 15, 2019

REX Heart and Vascular
4420 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh, NC 27607

In partnership with Rex Heart and Vascular, VAE is producing one of our annual exhibits; SCOPE. The purpose of SCOPE: the southern landscape is to exhibit the widest range of “landscape” works possible in and alongside Rex’s Heart and Vascular’s extensive collection of local and regional artists. The South is a hub of creativity and Raleigh has adopted a vision to become the Southern Capital for Arts and Culture. To do our part, VAE and REX will exhibit landscape works by artists across the regional south, or works created in or inspired by the southern landscape.

Rex Heart and Vascular collects and exhibits the artwork of local and living artists in order to provide a positive environment for their patients and their families. The hospital features rotating exhibitions of artwork created by artists who believe that art can have a positive effect on people.

ARTISTS

Isolde Sarnecki - Surf City beach
Lisa Ellis - County Line, Beaufort Bridge 1969
Paul Cory - Marsh, Trees and Sky
yi Zhen Chen - Snow Covered Raleigh
Rick Bennett - Raccoon Creek
Beth Barger - Tart’s Grocery
Lori White - Rakes Mill Pond
Lily Sala - Heavenly Snows
Joseph Rafferty - Metamorphosis of North Carolina
Daniel Kariko - Last Camp on Isle Dernieres, Louisiana
Nancy Hughes Miller - Marsh at Dusk
Kandi Champagne Cook - Wolf River

VAE Gala Artwork Donation

WE EXIST FOR ARTISTS, THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF ARTISTS!

All of our 70+ exhibits and 50+ programs and events revolve around a central question: How can artists improve their communities, and how in turn can communities nourish + improve their artists?

We work hard to empower creative people to listen and respond creatively to the world around them. What's on our to-do list this year? MORE! More inspiration. More exhibit opportunities. More funding for creative people. More individualized learning to fit artists' changing needs. More inclusion. More empowerment. More yes. More fun.

A call for work about the environment

This is an open call exhibition hosted at National Humanities Center (NHC). This show will be installed in time for NHC’s three-day summit Beyond Despair: Theory and Practice in Environmental Humanities. VAE and NHC are looking to showcase art about, including, referencing, and showcasing anything in the environment.

Details
- Entries must be received by 11:59pm on January 31st, 2019
- Entries must fit through VAE’s 104″ x 71″ door to be exhibited.
- Juried with JPEGs.
- Two entries per artist. 
- Entries must be able to hang
- Entries can not be over 30 lbs
- VAE reserves the right to wire/re-wire work to best hang with the center’s system.

Schedule
Deadline for entries………………..…....11:59pm on January 31, 2019
Delivery of Accepted Work……….....…February 8
Exhibition Run………………….….…............February 14-July 29, 2019

Entry Fees
members………………..…$10 per artwork/$20 for two pieces*
non-members………..……$15 per artwork/$30 for two pieces*
*All entry fees are non-refundable.

Entry Information:

• All files should be named like so: 01_LASTNAME_TITLE.jpg, 02_LASTNAME_TITLE.jpg.

• Still images should be sent as jpegs should be at least 1000px at their widest dimension, not to exceed 2MB per image. 2D artists may submit one JPEG per entry. 3D artists may submit two JPEGS (one full shot and one detail) per entry. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.

• Video samples should be edited to no longer than 2 minute excerpts. It is strongly preferred that video & audio artists submit their work online through clips or url addresses to online sharing formats like hulu, vimeo, youtube, or dropbox. Videos submitted as uploaded files should be submitted as Quicktime files whose width is no larger than 720px and file size is no larger than 10MB (as that is the largest file eligible for upload on our entry software). Please only submit video art or video documentation of an art piece that requires video to be fully experienced. Do not send video walk-throughs of static exhibitions or video slideshows. While web-hosted submissions are strongly preferred, video and audio samples can be submitted on CD if necessary. Please contact Kyle Hazard to make arrangements for CD delivery prior to deadline. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.

• Audio: Audio should be submitted as separate MP3 files. Each track should be no longer than 2 minutes. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.

• Web-based: Web-based work should be submitted as a URL listed in the work sample list. Please only submit web-based projects. A portfolio website that features audio/video art and still images will not be considered.

Eligibility
Beyond Despair is open to any living artist. A maximum of 2 works of any medium, per artist may be submitted. Two and three dimensional entries will be accepted. Work must be original and completed in the last 2 years. No copies, mechanical reproductions, molds or kit work will be accepted. Visual Art Exchange reserves the right to exclude work due to size or special requirements. Entries must be hand delivered to the gallery or mailed in a returnable container.

We will not exhibit or financially support work that co-opts the story of a community without representation from that community acting in a decision making role.

Accessibility
VAE’s gallery space is fully accessible and we strive to make the submission process accessible as well. We encourage anyone to enter our open call exhibitions. If you need any additional information or accommodations in order to enter this exhibition please email Kyle or call 919.828.7834.

Shipping Artwork
Ship artwork using a sturdy, reusable packing materials clearly labeled with your name and telephone number. Do not include return postage in case the artwork sells during the run of the exhibition. Following the exhibition each artist who shipped their work should generate a FedEx label and email it to our Director of Exhibitions so the piece may be returned. Do not use styrofoam packing peanuts. Shipments of artwork will be accepted January 9-12,2019.

Ship To:
Visual Art Exchange
c/o Kyle Hazard
309 W Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

Sales
Visual Art Exchange will retain a commission of 25% for VAE members, 35% for non-members on all work sold during the exhibit. If a work is not for sale please indicate with NFS value in appropriate space during registration or on the consignment sheet. Click here to join VAE!

Liability
All entries will be handled with the utmost care and respect. VAE is not liable for artwork during transportation to or from the gallery but does carry a blanket inland marine policy that covers most fine art works and craft items up to $5,000. VAE reserves the right to refuse coverage to artwork with inherent vices, high values or that is deemed unstable. By entering into this show, the artist agrees to abide by all rules and regulations as set by exhibition guidelines.

Questions? Email Kyle!

No Citation Needed

No Citation Needed

January 15 - March 23

National Humanities Center
7 TW Alexander Dr.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

In the second partnership between VAE and the National Humanities Center, NHC questioned VAE on building a show that envelops the concept of “transference of knowledge”. That question took over a weekly staff meeting and lead to a long discussion on what does that mean, what does that look like, and how is that implemented. As a staff, VAE has backgrounds in traditional education through teaching in public schools and universities, professional facilitation, and then our own experiences in secondary education. That conversation went in an array of directions from that obvious first thought of traditional education to those experiences that not only teach but shape one, such as standing next to a mother or grandparent as the cook. Does the concept of teaching, learning, and passing down knowledge change when its outside of a system? What if that system is broken for a certain group? How can or do people and communities respond when they find that system lacking or possibly not there? That spectrum of possibilities for teaching, learning, and passing on knowledge is what we asked artists to try to represent through their own practices or experiences.

Artists

Jessica Burke
Charlotte, NC

Melinda Fine
Raleigh, NC

Rene Galvan
Boston, MA

Denise Holland
Vancouver, British Columbia

Bridget Leslie
Durham, North Carolina
New York, New York

Cara Smelter
Raleigh, NC

Stationary Effort - Emily Moorhead-Wallace

Stationary Effort

Emily Moorhead-Wallace

January 4 - February 1, 2019

Originating from a desire for unattached musical enjoyment, Stationary Effort is a series of human driven audio players. In Stationary Effort a performer pedals a bike that turns a front flywheel, which hits an idler wheel, whose energy is transferred through bearings and gears to another idler wheel that spins a record platter. 

Similarly in Stationary Effort 2 a performer drives skis backward propelling a central flywheel, which hits an idler wheel and bearing system that transfers the energy to a pulley system to spins a cassette supply reel. The riders attempt to regulate the musical rhythm. The audio record and cassette spin inconsistently causing perceptible distortions; familiar songs, tones, and pitches are altered. 

This discordant absurdity veils the observable lack of human control over the machine and uselessness of human as accurate timekeeper. There is a push and pull between recognizing the futility of the performer’s efforts and the humor found in deformed sounds.

The future of this work is to perform the kinetic sculptures together. Each structure’s flaws will emphasize audio deformations in the futile “man as machine” stereo system.

Notary Public - the LAB

Freshly Squozen

Notary Public ft. Warren Hicks

January 4 - March 29, 2019

In January and February of 2019, Notary Public will team up to create an installation of drawings, objects, and video in the Cube.

Notary Public is an artist duo consisting of Jeff Bell and Megan Sullivan. Jeff and Megan have been collaborating since 2015 on work that incorporate aspects of each of their studio practices into new sculptures neither would make alone.

During the month of January, you can see the artists working within the space of the Cube on their new pieces. Their presence will be erratic, much like their studio practices as they juggle working for separate non-profit art institutions, raising their respective children, and nurturing several bad habits each.

The end product of this particular collaboration can be seen in the LAB from March 1-29, 2019. There will be a First Friday reception on March 1.

Marie Arondeau - HagerSmith

Marie Arondeau - HagerSmith

300 S Dawson St, Raleigh, NC 27601

January - February

FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION FEBRUARY 1, 6-9PM!

Both a kinesthetic and visual learner I am most happy when I can channel my creative energies using those avenues.   I have been taking photographs since the early 90s when I began my studies at SUNY @ Purchase College with a mixed major in Photography and Environmental Science.  Environment, movement, and the human form inspire much of my work.

Dreamscapes is a body of work that has been shot over the past two years.  The images were composed in the camera, using double exposures and sometimes, a fish eye lens.  They are tweaking the natural world into magical, dream like places.  They are a dance between reality and fantasy.  In our current climate, both environmental and political, I hope they offer a momentary escape.